“There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on several ecards. “Day 2 of staying in and remaining sober. So far? So bored” was posted on Twitter on October 14, 2008. “There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound exactly alike” was posted on Twitter on May 26, 2012.
“There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same…” was posted on Twitter by “Shit Liquor Says” on January 30, 2013.
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Sam
@sammi_jo
Day 2 of staying in and remaining sober. So far? So bored. But I will make myself find sober things to do.
8:40 AM - 14 Oct 2008
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Nonagon
@nonagonmusic
is so bored. And so sober.
9:43 AM - 13 Feb 2009
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Julie
@JewLeeW
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound exactly alike.
7:11 PM - 26 May 2012
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Marc Montoya
@Radiant_Anthony
There is a reason why ‘‘so bored’’ and ‘‘sober’’ sound simliar.
12:09 AM - 17 Sep 2012
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Shit Liquor Says™
@ShitLiquorSays
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’ sound almost exactly the same…
3:04 PM - 30 Jan 2013
Joke All You Can
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
There’s a reason why “sober” and “so bored” sound almost exactly the same
My Stiff Little Fingers
Sunday, 30 August 2015
There’s a reason why ‘Sober’ and ‘So Bored’ sound almost exactly the same.
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Planito
December 21, 2015 ·
There’s a reason why ‘sober’ and ‘so bored’
sound almost exactly the same 😄 😊 lol.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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